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  The NROL-105 mission is the first of about a dozen missions planned for 2026 that support the NRO’s so-called proliferated architecture satellite constellation. Liftoff from pad 4E at Vandenberg Space...

• Launch Schedule – Spaceflight Now

  A regularly updated listing of planned orbital missions from spaceports around the globe. Dates and times are given in Greenwich Mean Time. “NET” stands for no earlier than. “TBD” means to be determi...

• GSLV Mk. 2 • NVS 01 – Spaceflight Now

  An Indian Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mk. 2 rocket, designated GSLV-F12, launched the NVS 01 navigation satellite for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, also called Navigatio...

• Twin TROPICS satellites set to be lofted into orbit – Spaceflight Now

  Artist’s illustration of a TROPICS CubeSat in space. Credit: NASA Rocket Lab’s launch of NASA’s second pair of TROPICS hurricane research satellites, reassigned from Astra following a launch failure l...

• Live coverage: SpaceX launches more Starlink satellites from California – Spaceflight Now

  Rising into a midnight sky lit by the full moon, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took off from Cape Canaveral early Monday with a commercial cargo craft on the way to the International Space Station, then re...

• Chinese cargo ship launches to resupply space station – Spaceflight Now

  EDITOR’S NOTE: Updated after docking of Tianzhou 6 with the Tiangong space station. Six kerosene-fueled engines on the Long March 7 rocket generated 1.6 million pounds of thrust at full power. Credit:...